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Environmentalism and anti-imperialism
July 23, 2004“Hey Henry, what are you doing in there?” “Hey Waldo, what are you doing out there?” This dialogue between Henry David Thoreau and his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson is purported to have occurred through the jailhouse...
Read moreSpace privatization: Road to conflict?
July 23, 2004Recent news brings us the story of “space pioneers” launching privately funded craft into the heavens. A special prize is offered to the first private aerospace corporation who can successfully take a pilot and a “space...
Read moreAbu Ghraib abuse part of larger pattern
July 23, 2004I was not surprised at the torture atrocities by United States soldiers in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at Guantanamo. I have traveled to Guatemala many times to be with returning refugees, the survivors...
Read moreMessage from Missouri: ‘This is our country! Let’s take it back!’
July 23, 2004ST. LOUIS – Voters here in the Show Me State want George W. Bush to show them one good reason to give him four more years in the White House in the Nov. 2 election. Missouri...
Read moreEven employer-backed health plans too costly
July 23, 2004The rate of health care coverage is falling, even among workers eligible for employer-sponsored health plans, according to a recent survey by the Urban Institute.
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